15:03, 30 September 2006 (UTC)15:03, 30 September 2006 (UTC)~~ Charles Towneley (1737-1805), English antiquary and collector of marbles, was born at Towneley, the family seat, near Burnley in Lancashire, on the 1st of October 1737. (He regularly spelt his name Townley, so this is the spelling usually used in modern literature.) From a Catholic family and thus excluded both from public office and from English universities, he was educated at the college of Douai, and subsequently under John Turberville Needham, the physiologist and divine. In 1758 he took up his residence at Towneley Hall by Johan Zoffany of Townley with three friends in his London house surrounded by an imaginary arrangement of sculptures. A large archive of Townley's papers, including diaries, account books, bills, correspondence, and catalogues, was acquired by the British Museum in 1992. Category:1737 births Category:1805 deaths Category:People associated with the British Museum Category:People from Burnley

                       

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